Ben leads business development and marketing at CognitiveClouds and he helps startups and established companies define, design and develop disruptive software products.

Extending the runway of a startup is the unglamorous work every startup has to do if they want to give themselves enough time to get their product from the runway up into pure air. While it would be nice to think of a world where good, value-driven startups were so

Titanium was developed by Appcelerator as an open source tool to help develop apps on mobile devices. The aim of the company was to make a development kit that was flexible enough to create for both Android and iOS. This is accomplished by using javascript API and allowing the code

These days, developers should feel challenged to create only apps and websites that will work on all browsers and to use the right framework to allow them to do so. While frameworks are both a personal and practical choice, we've narrowed the wide range of open source responsive frameworks to

Whether you own a small office, medium enterprise, a start-up or a massive business empire with various business processes and diversified interests, outsourcing web development services can help. Not only will you get quality work at cheaper rates but you will also be able to focus on core business issues

The quick answer is that it depends on factors such as the complexity of your app as well as the location and skill level of your designers. Depending on these factors, it'll cost you from $3,000 to $60,000 to get a well designed app. While you may think

When it comes to designing your mobile app, planning is no small feat. The creation of your mobile app requires a significant amount of thought, organization and iteration to transform your initial napkin sketches and requirements into a full-blown product. You may say "I'll know it when I see it"

Due to our innate fascination with novelty, people are always talking about "the next big thing." While this kind of talk is prevalent in all industries and niches, it's most common in the technology industry because technology changes and advances every day. While your industry may not be as volatile

Consumerization of IT refers to the cycle of information technology that emerges in the consumer market and then it spreads to the businesses and finally to the government organizations. Traditionally Information Technology (IT) adoption would start with the government and defense and then it would be followed by business enterprises.

When your developers follow these best practices for architecting SaaS web and mobile products, they'll produce complex yet scalable applications at a far lower cost. These savings in the development phase will ultimately translate to lower costs for customers, especially if a pay per use pricing model is adopted. Unfortunately,

Beauty over usability is kind of like the #FirstWorldProblems of the app design world. That's because it's a luxury to have the kind of problem where your good ideas and intentions are drowned out by the innocuous scourge of...beauty? At the dawn of the Internet, web design was called

Analysts predicted the growth in mobile use and the scope of use many years ago. For example, this 2012 Business Intelligence and Analytics report that predicted that 33% of Business Intelligence functionality would be consumed via handheld device by 2013. Another 2012 study found that 70% of companies stated that

For the first time since the days that saw Amazon rip open the fabric of retail with their e-commerce model, mobile commerce is poised to take its place. The arm of e-commerce that allows consumers to purchase items via their mobile phone is not only convenient for both parties, it's

What is User-centered Design? Systems are designed to meet business goals through the fancy features, and technological capabilities of software or hardware tools. However, these system design approaches omit the end user, which is an essential part of the process. User-centered Design (UCD) is the process of developing a tool,

There are lots of people who say that they're UI/UX designers today. Almost anyone can start a website that's about UI or UX design and claim that they know the field and they know the business. It's your job to figure out who really has the skills and who

Whether you're a web developer or just a casual web user, you need to prepare for the future of responsive design in web development. Lots of web users probably aren't even going to notice the difference. However, if you develop websites, you're going to need to know how to put

Companies whether large or small set targets for growth and their aim is to make positive, profitable growth. Companies will experience pressure from the demand made by the equity markets to grow rapidly. Disruptive business models will place their main focus on creating, disintermediation, refining or re-engineering a product or

We’ve built crawling infrastructure that accurately screen scrapes data from large eCommerce websites for customers like cdscience.com, wishclouds.com, and adchemy.com (acquired by WalmartLabs). Through these consulting projects we’ve learned a lot and we’ve designed a new technical architecture with superior scalability and a lower

A lot of people still don't know what the Internet of Things (IoT) even is. However, the casual user probably remembers the practical examples in just how connected everything could be. An alarm clock goes off and it sets off your coffee maker, so you have the perfect cup waiting

Today, Google announced the Google Developer Agency program and the first batch of Google certified Android Development Agencies. At CognitiveClouds, we're proud to be among the first 13 agencies ever certified by Google for Android development. Over the past 12 months, our mobile designers, Android developers and project mangers have

Visual designers create you product's polished look and feel by consistently applying colors, fonts, images, icons, textures and gradients to each screen of your product. The pixel perfect visual design assets produced by your visual designer should include a style guide, which instructs web and mobile developers how to flawlessly

You already know you want a responsive web design, so your customers can easily engage and interact with not just your advanced technology but your specific company efforts as well. With the machinery on the market today, it can be hard to conform design practices that will be compatible with

You've probably been using the terms 'web application' and 'website' so many times that when asked to define each of them individually or to explain the difference, you're at a loss for words. It happens when anything becomes a substantial part of our lives. In addition to the fact that

Many companies believe that creating an app is very simple. Whether it is iOS or Android, apps are extremely complex, especially if they are designed in a customized way to truly meet the demands of a company. Commonly Made Mistakes When Making an App There are a lot of mistakes